Egg-carrier filler



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EGG CARRIER FILLER. I No. 489,664. v Patented Jan. 10, 1893 TIE-.1...

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EGG CARRIER FILLER. .No. 489,664. Patented Jan. 10, 1893. I

NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

EDWVIN S. SHEPERD, OF VINCENNES, INDIANA.

-EGG-CARRI ER FILLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 489,664, dated January10, 1893. Application filed February 3, 1892. Serial No. 420,167. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN S. SHEPERD, of Vincennes, county of Knox, andState of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inEgg-Carrier Fillers; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which like figures refer to like parts.

My invention relates to improvements in the construction of what areknown as egg carrier fillers, and will be understood from the followingdescription.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of the fillersready for use. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective View of two of thestrips in position for locking together.

In detail, (1) are horizontal strips, having a series of vertical slots(2) formed from their center to near the upper edge, and terminating inslits (3,) which extend through the upper edge of the strip.

(4) are transverse strips provided with vertical slots 5 from the centerto the lower edge, and also with notches or recesses (6) in line withthe slots, and the entire filler is made up of these two pieces into asquare section, as shown in Fig. 1, forming therein a number of smallercells for the reception of eggs.

In putting the filler together by hand, two of the strips (1 and 4) areplaced in respect to each other as shown in Fig. 2, and the slot (2)with its curved slit (3) in the strip (1) is opened, and the strip (4:)with its slots (5) is passed down into that of the strip (1,) causingthem to interlock at these points, as shown in Fig. 1, and when in placethe hook (3) on the lower strip springs back into place, preventing theremoval of the strip (4) until the slot in the strip (1) be opened as itwas on the entrance of the strip (4,) and all the strips forming thefiller are put together in this way, and when completed it makespractically a solid paste-board filler, as the interlocking is completeon the lines of all the joints thus formed, and the hook part of thecurved slit prevents them from separating.

The strips may be made of paste-board, veneer, or any other suitablematerial, and when set up and connected in the manner herein describedmakes a firm and secure structure, and one which can be readilycollapsed for shipment, and a large number be packed in a small spacefor such purpose, the length and width of these strips being variedaccording to the requirements of any particular case.

Nhat I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent isthe following: M

An egg carrier filler, consisting of .a series ofstrips having hooksformed ofcurvedcuts in their upperedges slots extending therefrom to thecenter of the strips, the base of the hooks being at right angles tosuch slots, in combination with a series of strips having yertical slotsextending from the lower edge to their center, and notches in theirupper edge, the base of such notches being at right angles to thevertical slots, such strips adapted to be interlocked with the first,substantially as shown and described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 30th day of January,1892.

EDWIN S. SHEPERD. Witnesses:

J. KEITH, A. S. MOKEE.

